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| From | Sergi o <invaliid@invalid.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: How fast are atoms spinning? |
| Date | 2019-02-01 09:31 -0600 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <q31opl$1g2e$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <bf9e07d1-0aad-4af5-a6f2-d1435b540e53@googlegroups.com> |
On 2/1/2019 7:03 AM, john wrote: > Well, let’s see: > A Carbon atom is about 10^-09 m in diameter. > So it’s circumference is about 3X10^-09m. > > Attophysics says the period of an electron is 10^-16 seconds. > > So the outside edge of an atom, using those figures, will be traveling at > 3X 10^-09/ 10^-16 = 3 X 10^7 meters per second > > Or 3 X 10^5 kilometres per second. > > How fast is that? > don't atoms vibrate more than they spin ?
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How fast are atoms spinning? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2019-02-01 05:03 -0800
Re: How fast are atoms spinning? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2019-02-01 13:48 +0000
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